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Glucose blood testing reagents vs Ketone blood testing reagents

National NHS prescribing compared (Prescription Cost Analysis)
Data updated March 2026

Glucose blood testing reagents was dispensed 9.9× as often as Ketone blood testing reagents in March 2026 — 421,425 items versus 42,598 in England.

421,425items

Glucose blood testing reagents · March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

42,598items

Ketone blood testing reagents · March 2026

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Glucose blood testing reagents versus Ketone blood testing reagents: national items dispensed by month

▬ Glucose blood testing reagents   ·   ╌ Ketone blood testing reagents

Ketone blood tes… 421,425

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026

Glucose blood testing reagents versus Ketone blood testing reagents, March 2026
Measure Glucose blood testing reagents Ketone blood testing reagents
Items, March 2026 421,425 42,598
Items, last 12 months 5,187,122 484,573
Net ingredient cost, March 2026 £5,550,509 £867,336

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